{
 "title": "Best Enshrouded Websites Compared (1.0) | PinDrop",
 "game": "Enshrouded",
 "version": "1.0",
 "page": "https://pindrop.gg/enshrouded/best-websites",
 "measured": {
  "from": "2026-11-13",
  "to": "2026-11-13"
 },
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with credit to PinDrop (pindrop.gg)",
 "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "method": "Fresh headless Chromium, clean profile, no account, from Germany; phone rows on a 390 x 844 screen, others at 1440 x 900. Page weight and ad requests: first 12 seconds, consent not answered. Category score = 5 x (yes + 0.5 x partly) / measured rows, rounded to 0.5; unmeasured rows are left out.",
 "sites": [
  {
   "id": "pindrop",
   "name": "PinDrop",
   "url": "https://pindrop.gg/enshrouded/map",
   "ours": true
  },
  {
   "id": "mapgenie",
   "name": "MapGenie",
   "url": "https://mapgenie.io/enshrouded/maps/embervale",
   "ours": false
  },
  {
   "id": "wand",
   "name": "Wand",
   "url": "https://wand.com/maps/enshrouded/embervale-2025",
   "ours": false
  },
  {
   "id": "wiki",
   "name": "Enshrouded Wiki",
   "url": "https://enshrouded.wiki.gg/wiki/Map",
   "ours": false
  }
 ],
 "scores": [
  {
   "site": "pindrop",
   "categories": {
    "map": 5,
    "tools": 5,
    "access": 2.5,
    "extras": 1.5
   },
   "total": {
    "points": 14,
    "outOf": 20,
    "percent": 70,
    "complete": true
   }
  },
  {
   "site": "mapgenie",
   "categories": {
    "map": 2,
    "tools": "na",
    "access": 1.5,
    "extras": 1.5
   },
   "total": {
    "points": 5,
    "outOf": 15,
    "percent": 33,
    "complete": true
   }
  },
  {
   "site": "wand",
   "categories": {
    "map": 2.5,
    "tools": "na",
    "access": 2.5,
    "extras": 5
   },
   "total": {
    "points": 10,
    "outOf": 15,
    "percent": 67,
    "complete": true
   }
  },
  {
   "site": "wiki",
   "categories": {
    "map": 2.5,
    "tools": 2.5,
    "access": 0,
    "extras": 0
   },
   "total": {
    "points": 5,
    "outOf": 20,
    "percent": 25,
    "complete": true
   }
  }
 ],
 "rows": [
  {
   "category": "Map",
   "id": "markers",
   "label": "Markers on the map",
   "rule": "Every marker the Embervale map offers, counted from the site's filter panel or map data. Yes = at least 75% of the highest count measured, partly = 40–75%, no = under 40%.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "90,756 in 207 filters (with ore, plant and lore points)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Sum of the counts in the map's filter panel, desktop."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "1,718 in 37 filters",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The map data object on the page (exact count)."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "1,431 in 50 filters",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The map's own \"Discovery progress 0 / 1431\" and the sum of its filter counts."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "not measured",
     "score": null,
     "text": "The wiki map's marker data request (api.php, queryDataMap) was refused with HTTP 403 to our browser on 3 loads, so the map showed \"Couldn't load data\"",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Every marker the Embervale map offers, counted from the site's filter panel or map data. Yes = at least 75% of the highest count measured, partly = 40–75%, no = under 40%."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Map",
   "id": "filters",
   "label": "40+ filter categories",
   "rule": "At least 40 marker categories that can be switched on and off.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "207",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "At least 40 marker categories that can be switched on and off."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "37",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "At least 40 marker categories that can be switched on and off."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "50",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "At least 40 marker categories that can be switched on and off."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "57 listed (their markers did not load)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "At least 40 marker categories that can be switched on and off."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Map",
   "id": "found",
   "label": "Mark markers as found, no account",
   "rule": "A visitor can tick markers as found and hide them, without signing in. Only after signing in = partly.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes, \"Hide found\"; syncs if you sign in",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "A visitor can tick markers as found and hide them, without signing in. Only after signing in = partly."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "partly",
     "score": 0.5,
     "text": "Only after log-in (\"Progress tracker: Login / Register\")",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "A visitor can tick markers as found and hide them, without signing in. Only after signing in = partly."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "partly",
     "score": 0.5,
     "text": "Only after log-in (\"Please log in to track your progress\")",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "A visitor can tick markers as found and hide them, without signing in. Only after signing in = partly."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "not measured",
     "score": null,
     "text": "A \"Progress tracking\" switch is listed, but it could not be tried: the wiki map's marker data request (api.php, queryDataMap) was refused with HTTP 403 to our browser on 3 loads, so the map showed \"Couldn't load data\"",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "A visitor can tick markers as found and hide them, without signing in. Only after signing in = partly."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Map",
   "id": "cinders-cradle",
   "label": "1.0 region (Cinder's Cradle) on the map",
   "rule": "The region added in 1.0 is on the map with its markers. A few markers that mention it = partly.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes, labelled and filled from the 1.0.1.2 game files",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The region added in 1.0 is on the map with its markers. A few markers that mention it = partly."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "partly",
     "score": 0.5,
     "text": "6 markers mention it; no region of that name",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Map data on the page: locations whose title or text names Cinder's Cradle."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "Not named in its filters, regions or its one map (\"Embervale (2025)\")",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The region added in 1.0 is on the map with its markers. A few markers that mention it = partly."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "partly",
     "score": 0.5,
     "text": "A \"Cinder's Cradle Fast Travel\" layer is listed; its markers did not load",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The region added in 1.0 is on the map with its markers. A few markers that mention it = partly."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Map",
   "id": "phone-map",
   "label": "Map fills a phone screen",
   "rule": "On a 390 × 844 screen, after the consent window is answered, the map takes most of the screen with no button to press first.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "On a 390 × 844 screen, after the consent window is answered, the map takes most of the screen with no button to press first."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "On a 390 × 844 screen, after the consent window is answered, the map takes most of the screen with no button to press first."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "On a 390 × 844 screen, after the consent window is answered, the map takes most of the screen with no button to press first."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "Under the wiki's header, search bar and an ad; the data did not load",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "On a 390 × 844 screen, after the consent window is answered, the map takes most of the screen with no button to press first."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Database & tools",
   "id": "db-pages",
   "label": "1,000+ database pages",
   "rule": "Pages about the game's items, gear, resources, bosses and places. Ours: the Enshrouded pages in our sitemap; the wiki: the article count it states.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "1,588 pages",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Enshrouded URLs in pindrop.gg/sitemap.xml (armor 509, weapons 321, resources 295 …)."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "not offered",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Map-only site: no database or planners",
     "date": "",
     "method": "Pages about the game's items, gear, resources, bosses and places. Ours: the Enshrouded pages in our sitemap; the wiki: the article count it states."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "not offered",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Map-only site: no database or planners",
     "date": "",
     "method": "Pages about the game's items, gear, resources, bosses and places. Ours: the Enshrouded pages in our sitemap; the wiki: the article count it states."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "4,333 articles (as its main page states)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Pages about the game's items, gear, resources, bosses and places. Ours: the Enshrouded pages in our sitemap; the wiki: the article count it states."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Database & tools",
   "id": "skill-planner",
   "label": "Skill-tree planner",
   "rule": "Plan a build on the skill tree on the site itself.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes, 243 nodes",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Plan a build on the skill tree on the site itself."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "not offered",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Map-only site: no database or planners",
     "date": "",
     "method": "Plan a build on the skill tree on the site itself."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "not offered",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Map-only site: no database or planners",
     "date": "",
     "method": "Plan a build on the skill tree on the site itself."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "Links out to another site's skill tree",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Plan a build on the skill tree on the site itself."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Database & tools",
   "id": "craft-calc",
   "label": "Crafting calculator down to raw materials",
   "rule": "Pick an item, get the full tree or the total raw materials.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Every intermediate recipe down to what you gather (2,390 recipes)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Pick an item, get the full tree or the total raw materials."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "not offered",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Map-only site: no database or planners",
     "date": "",
     "method": "Pick an item, get the full tree or the total raw materials."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "not offered",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Map-only site: no database or planners",
     "date": "",
     "method": "Pick an item, get the full tree or the total raw materials."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "\"Generate Tree\" and \"Total Ingredients\" (page last edited 26 May 2025)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Pick an item, get the full tree or the total raw materials."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Database & tools",
   "id": "builds",
   "label": "Build pages",
   "rule": "Ready-made builds on the site itself.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "20 builds (\"All 20 builds\")",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Ready-made builds on the site itself."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "not offered",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Map-only site: no database or planners",
     "date": "",
     "method": "Ready-made builds on the site itself."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "not offered",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Map-only site: no database or planners",
     "date": "",
     "method": "Ready-made builds on the site itself."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "Links out to another builds site",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Ready-made builds on the site itself."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Access & cost (phone, EU)",
   "id": "no-account",
   "label": "Whole map without an account",
   "rule": "Every map layer is free and opens without signing in.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Every map layer is free and opens without signing in."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes (saved presets are PRO)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Every map layer is free and opens without signing in."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Yes",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Every map layer is free and opens without signing in."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "not measured",
     "score": null,
     "text": "No account is asked, but the map's markers did not load for our browser (HTTP 403)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Every map layer is free and opens without signing in."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Access & cost (phone, EU)",
   "id": "weight",
   "label": "Map page under 3.5 MB on first load",
   "rule": "Bytes transferred in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a 390 × 844 phone screen, first visit, consent not answered (3.5 MB = 3,584 KB).",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "3,578 KB",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Bytes transferred in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a 390 × 844 phone screen, first visit, consent not answered (3.5 MB = 3,584 KB)."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "4,232 KB",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Bytes transferred in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a 390 × 844 phone screen, first visit, consent not answered (3.5 MB = 3,584 KB)."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "10,379 KB",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Bytes transferred in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a 390 × 844 phone screen, first visit, consent not answered (3.5 MB = 3,584 KB)."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "119,682 KB (map images of 3–4 MB each, and ads)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Bytes transferred in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a 390 × 844 phone screen, first visit, consent not answered (3.5 MB = 3,584 KB)."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Access & cost (phone, EU)",
   "id": "ads",
   "label": "10 or fewer ad requests",
   "rule": "Requests to ad and ad-tech hosts in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a phone, consent not answered. The count after pressing Accept is shown for reference.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "20 (59 after Accept)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Requests to ad and ad-tech hosts in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a phone, consent not answered. The count after pressing Accept is shown for reference."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "26 (76 after Accept)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Requests to ad and ad-tech hosts in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a phone, consent not answered. The count after pressing Accept is shown for reference."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "5 (6 after Accept)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Requests to ad and ad-tech hosts in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a phone, consent not answered. The count after pressing Accept is shown for reference."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "48 (88 after Accept)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Requests to ad and ad-tech hosts in the first 12 seconds of the map page on a phone, consent not answered. The count after pressing Accept is shown for reference."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Access & cost (phone, EU)",
   "id": "popup",
   "label": "No pop-up over 30% of a phone screen",
   "rule": "On the first visit on a 390 × 844 screen, nothing covers more than 30% of it.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "Consent banner, 46% of the screen",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "On the first visit on a 390 × 844 screen, nothing covers more than 30% of it."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "Consent window, 58%, over a dimmed screen",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "On the first visit on a 390 × 844 screen, nothing covers more than 30% of it."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "Consent window, about 47%",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "On the first visit on a 390 × 844 screen, nothing covers more than 30% of it."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "Consent window over the whole, dimmed screen",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "On the first visit on a 390 × 844 screen, nothing covers more than 30% of it."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Extras",
   "id": "languages",
   "label": "5+ languages",
   "rule": "Languages the site can be read in, from its language switch or its alternate-language links.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "English only",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Languages the site can be read in, from its language switch or its alternate-language links."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "English; no language switch found",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Languages the site can be read in, from its language switch or its alternate-language links."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "14",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Languages the site can be read in, from its language switch or its alternate-language links."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "English and French",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Languages the site can be read in, from its language switch or its alternate-language links."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Extras",
   "id": "app",
   "label": "Desktop or in-game overlay app",
   "rule": "The site offers its own app for the desktop or an overlay over the game.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "No",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The site offers its own app for the desktop or an overlay over the game."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "None on the site",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The site offers its own app for the desktop or an overlay over the game."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Wand app with an overlay",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The site offers its own app for the desktop or an overlay over the game."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "no",
     "score": 0,
     "text": "No",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "The site offers its own app for the desktop or an overlay over the game."
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "category": "Extras",
   "id": "sync",
   "label": "Progress synced to an account",
   "rule": "Found markers can be kept in an account across devices. We did not sign in anywhere: this is what the site offers.",
   "cells": {
    "pindrop": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Sign-in with Google or Discord",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Found markers can be kept in an account across devices. We did not sign in anywhere: this is what the site offers."
    },
    "mapgenie": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Log-in for the progress tracker",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Found markers can be kept in an account across devices. We did not sign in anywhere: this is what the site offers."
    },
    "wand": {
     "value": "yes",
     "score": 1,
     "text": "Log-in, \"saved and synced\"",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Found markers can be kept in an account across devices. We did not sign in anywhere: this is what the site offers."
    },
    "wiki": {
     "value": "not measured",
     "score": null,
     "text": "Its map's \"Progress tracking\" could not be tried: the marker data did not load (HTTP 403)",
     "date": "2026-11-13",
     "method": "Found markers can be kept in an account across devices. We did not sign in anywhere: this is what the site offers."
    }
   }
  }
 ]
}